From The Guardian:During Jalwat Ali’s school days in Lahore, there were limited spaces to gather with other women, never mind flood the streets with punchy placards.Public spaces often feel constricted in Pakistan, as though under critical male scrutiny. But
New Study Says Hijab or Niqab Creates Positive Bias Toward Witnesses
Pakistan’s Daily Times reports on the surprising results of an academic study on the impact of witnesses wearing Islamic head coverings in the court room:
Sexual assault victims wearing the hijab or niqab are viewed more positively when testifying in
Pakistan Supreme Court Reaffirms Acquittal of Christian Charged With Blasphemy
On Tuesday a 3-judge panel of Pakistan’s Supreme Court reaffirmed the Court’s acquittal of Aasia Bibi, a Christian woman who had been accused of blasphemy. Bibi had been acquitted by the Supreme Court in October, but a reported by AP
Pakistan’s Supreme Court Orders Government Compensation To Victims of Protesters
As previously reported, after Pakistan’s Supreme Court last October reversed the blasphemy conviction of a Christian woman, Asia Bibi, protests and demonstrations broke out in several Pakistani cities. Now, according to Geo News, Pakistan’s Supreme Court today ordered
Supply chain liability under the law of negligence: What does Jabir and Others v KiK Textilien und Non-Food GmbH mean for European companies with supply chains in the sub-continent and other common law countries?
Last month a court in Dortmund heard arguments in Jabir and others v. KiK Textilien und Non-Food GmbH. It is a case brought against a German retailer, under English law principles of tort in relation to a fire at the
Six Years Behind Bars: DOJ Gives Dire Warning to Online False Advertisers
The First Circuit recently affirmed the six-year sentence of Mustafa Hassan Arif, who sold bogus drugs and health products under a panoply of brands he had concocted out of Pakistan. Arif created and operated over 1,500 websites to market and
Legal Crackdown on NGOs in Pakistan
Pakistan Court Threatened Ahead of Verdict on Christian Woman Sentenced to Death for Blasphemy
(CNSNews.com) Pakistan s Supreme Court judges are facing threats from Muslim hardliners as they mull when to announce their verdict in one of the most notorious cases of abuse of the country s controversial blasphemy laws.Radicals were planning protests on
Council non-objection to Delegated Regulation adding Pakistan to list of high-risk third countries under MLD4
On 18 September 2018, the Council of the EU published the minutes of its meeting on general affairs (the Minutes). On page 13 of the Minutes, the Council provides a non-objection to the Commission Delegated Regulation adding Pakistan to the
Pakistan Where Alcoholic Beverages are Banned
I have just returned from a month of mountain climbing in Pakistan where alcoholic beverages are banned.
Pakistan has the world’s greatest concentration of high peaks and glaciers, with more than 160 summits of over 6,000 meters and a beauty,